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Do you have a source for this? The Wikipedia article says nothing about it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vostok_1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vostok_1
by LeoPanthera 4y ago
Do you have a source for this? The Wikipedia article says nothing about it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vostok_1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vostok_1
- dark_star 4y agoFrom the Wikipedia article: At 07:55 UTC, when Vostok 1 was still 7 km (4.3 mi) from the ground, the hatch of the spacecraft was released, and two seconds later Gagarin was ejected. At 2.5 km (8,200 ft) altitude, the main parachute was deployed from the Vostok spacecraft.[43] Gagarin's parachute opened almost immediately, and about ten minutes later, at 08:05 UTC, Gagarin landed. Both he and the spacecraft landed via parachute 26 km (16 mi) south west of Engels, in the Saratov region at 51.270682°N 45.99727°E.
- LeoPanthera 4y agoThe comment I was replying to was the one claiming he said "I'm on fire. Farewell, comrades"